…psychedelic decriminalization/legalization… religious use… dispensaries… spreading…
City council meetings have become key forums for rolling back the drug war…
Current laws must change, agrees the psychedelic movement. But what to replace them with is a hot debate. In Oregon [which] now regulates psilocybin as an… [adult use] tool… for example. Some Decriminalize Nature advocates opposed the measure because of barriers to who can purchase psilocybin and where – and because the… [fungi] that grows freely in dirt will now sell as part of a… package costing thousands of dollars… to date, there has been no successful… effort to legalize psychedelics sales through retail dispensaries [in Oregon (the State in which police raided a psilocybe mushroom dispensary)… while Canada has multiple psilocybe mushrooms dispensaries in operation]… and in Oregon, the issue of communal use – in a religious or spiritual setting – motivated advocates to submit a proposal to permit psilocybin access in a spiritual or religious setting, with fewer restrictions and lower costs to participants than the state’s… model. Despite strong public support, Oregon’s psilocybin policy advisory board axed the religious proposal in a closed-door meeting. Oregon will still allow for [adult-use] group psilocybin… but not true communal use. Some advocates are working to change how we think about personal and communal use. Alcohol has bars; marijuana now has cannabis cafes; even tobacco has cigar lounges. What about psychedelics? The experience of tripping together – whether at a music festival, with a small circle of friends, or in a religious or spiritual ceremony – is central to… culture… [grow, gather, gift].
Original Article (Filtermag):
City-level psychedelic decrim still spreading fast, but questions remain
Artwork Fair Use: Alisdare Hickson
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